Looe Festival By The Sea

By -
This weekend is the Looe Festival By The Sea, a fantastic event for all the family! The weather is set to shine on Cornwall this half term so this is certainly a going to be a fantastic time to visit Looe.

The festival is a celebration of everything which coastal living has to offer. This is a must for all foodies as the quayside holds a market showcasing all the amazing culinary delights the town and it's industries have to offer. As you walk down the side of the picturesque Looe River you will be inundated by the smells of exotic sea foods which are all being prepared live in front of you.

1st & 2nd of June 2013 - Festival By The Sea - A great way to finish your half term break!

Looe Marine Conservation Group

On the Friday there is a rock pool ramble organised on Hannafore Beach (West Looe) starting at 3pm and finishing at 5 pm, meet at the life guard station. This is a family friendly event to introduce you to a few creatures from the rocky sea shore around Looe – crabs, limpets, starfish, anemones. No nets please as this can damage the delicate rock pool creatures.

Crabbing from the quayside in Looe is always popular with the kids and the harbour is usually full of families competing to see who can find the most crabs. At Toyday you can buy a crab bucket, bait and line all for £3, our bait is frozen bacon, which is irresistible to crabs and freezing it ensures it lasts longer in your net. All you need is a patch of Quayside to sit on and throw in your bag of bait and wait. The trick is to slowly draw in the line before the little crab lets go of the bait! Please ensure you fill your bucket with sea water, the little guys don't want to dry out on the hot tarmac, and put them back when you are finished. Be careful not to drop your line into the sea as this can cause environmental damage.

MUSIC

Mini Fest in West Looe

Saturday 1st June - 1pm at the Quayside Centre [sic] at West Looe for an afternoon of live music from Samba Kernow, Miner Quay, James Shead, Gareth Lee, Suzie Mac, The Huckleberry Finns and folk-punk band Crowns. Check out their facebook page for more info.


FOOD AND DRINK


Grazing on the Quay

Festival of the Sea
No celebration of coastal living would be complete without a celebration of the amazing food it has to offer. All along the Quay Side there will be a multitude of culinary delights to experience as the local farmers, fishermen, traders and restaurants compete for your attention by serving up the very best of what the have offer under the canvas cover of a traditional market. This is a one off annual event and all the participants make a special effort to leave you with an ever lasting memory of the taste of Looe. The stalls have created special 'grazing' plates so you can try as many different things as possible without running out of room! There are not just sea foods on offer here, as a Sea Side holiday destination Looe is also famous for it's award winning Ice Cream and incredible cakes - I should know Toyday is right next door to the best cake shop in town! Whether you are a lobster lover or a curry connoisseur you will find your new favourite food here this weekend!
 

ENTERTAINMENT


RLNI RAFT RACE

This has to be the highlight of the festival, it is a hilarious event and all in aid of the RLNI  The teams have been building their rafts from old barrels, empty water canisters, recycled bottles, old pallets, even balloons! Anything that floats, has been strapped together and used to transport as many people as possible from the beach to the river. As they frantically paddle with everything they've got, they also have to endure a barrage of water bombs from the crowd. Many give up, get stuck or simply sink and have to swim to shore, who will stay the course this year and be crowned king of the raft race 2013? You'll just have to come and see. The raft race prize giving  and closing ceremony is 5pm at the lifeboat station on Sunday.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

History of the spinning top - How does the spinning top work?

By -
Image
I received a lovely letter this morning from the year 1 pupils at Highters Heath Community School in Birmingham, that are currently studying toys from the past. When I opened the letter, it contained many letters mainly asking how a spinning top works, and does the spinning top contain a spring? In an attempt to settle these curious minds, let me tell you a little bit about the history of the spinning top, and then how a spinning top works. The History of the Spinning Top The spinning top has been in existence for thousands of years. Like many traditional toys, such as marbles, the earliest spinning tops are made from clay, and were discovered in the Middle East as early as 3500 BC, although it is likely that children would have been spinning small rocks or acorns long before. Later wooden spinning tops emerged in around 2000 BC, and early spinning tops made from bone have been found in Europe.  These spinning tops would have been much simpler than many tops found in old fashioned
Read more

How to Play Farmyard Donkey Card Game

By -
Image
A couple of weeks ago I posted the instructions for the card game Pairs on Wheels . Another popular traditional family card game is Farmyard Donkey. Again, this game is fairly straight forward but a great way to keep children occupied and get them thinking. The card game consists of 17 pairs and the "Donkey Card". Firstly, shuffle the cards then deal them in a clockwise direction to each player. All players then look at their cards and take out all their pairs, the player to the left of the dealer arranges their remaining cards in their hand like a fan. The back of the cards are shown to the player on the left who then picks a card. If this card makes a pair then the cards are put in the middle of the table with the other pairs. If the player isn't able to make a pair then they keep the card and continue the game by offering their cards to the next player. When a player eventually loses all their cards they are 'saved' and stop playing. At the end of the gam
Read more

Caps, Cap Bombs, Cap Guns - I loved them all!

By -
Image
Cap guns became popular following World War 2, TV's were being watched all around the UK and companies began to create all different types, styles and colours of cap guns for children. Children all over the world saw their heroes fighting crime and therefore began reenacting their own scenes by collecting these toy guns . Cap guns were always a highlight toy during my childhood; especially for my 8 year old brother and his friends. I remember my siblings and I feeling almost like James Bond with our pretend, smokey gun shots around the house. Pretending to be spies or action heroes...we could play for hours and hours with our cap guns and bombs.   They really are something so simple yet so affective. What a brilliant toy! It's amazing to see them still being sold. They were a classic toy in the 50's, 90's and they seem to be just as popular now! The cap bombs produce a puff of smoke when thrown on the ground (completely harmless!) Similarly with the cap gu
Read more